1. Program and course approvals
2. Revised WSU Policy 3-4 (Curricular Change)
3. Committee appointments
4. Dead committees
5. Publication of policies
6. Responses to Draft Laptop Policy
7. ITV staffing
8. Capital campaign
9. Global Studies Program Council
10. Student Teaching supervisors' assignments for fall 02-03
11. Timely notifications of changes in working conditions (power shutdown; Minne)
12. Campus art policy
13. Registrar (Administrative addition)
14. National Center for Prevention of Child Abuse (Administrative addition)
15. NCA interim report (Administrative addition)

Additions

16. WSU Leadership Institute (Administrative addition)
17. E-Learning Center workshops, camps, stipends (Administrative addition)
18. Res. College Steering Committee membership (faculty addition)
19. Tentative IFO settlement (faculty addition)
20. Convocation (Administrative addition) [taken as the first item to accommodate Cathie Logan]

Faculty Senate recommended approval of two revised academic programs and ten University Studies courses.

I. Revised Programs

A. Certificate in Manufacturing Management (ACEED)

B. BS Minor - International Business

II. University Studies Courses

A. Unity & Diversity: Multicultural Perspectives

POLS 335 Latin American Political Systems (3 SH)

III. Flag Courses

A. Writing Flag

PHYS 330 Electronics (4 SH)

PHYS 340 Modern Physics (4 SH)

PHYS 370 Optics (4 SH)

CHEM 413 Physical Chemistry Laboratory I (1 SH)

CHEM 415 Physical Chemistry Laboratory II (2 SH)

DIS 482 Management of Information Technology in Practice (3 SH)

B. Mathematics or Critical Analysis

PHYS 345 Thermodynamics & Statistical Physics (4 SH)

PHYS 430 Electromagnetic Theory (3 SH)

C. Oral Flag

PHYS 460 Undergraduate Research (4 SH)

The administration accepted the programs and courses.

Faculty Senate recommended approval of a revision of WSU Policy 3-4, 'Policy for Changing the Curriculum.'

The revision reduces the number of copies of course proposals needed (from 47 to 40!), replaces references to General Education with "University Studies," and greatly clarifies responsibilities of various groups and procedures by which to accomplish various kinds of curricular change.

Senate did not look at the internal forms that A2C2 proposes to use to implement the policy.

Senate Revision:

Section D-5 under Process for Accomplishing Curricular Change.

The administration was delighted in receiving the Revised WSU Policy 3-4.

Faculty Senate approved faculty to serve on the Admissions Task Force (Henderson, Bratt, and Johanson), Res. College Director Application Review (Berg, Hyman, D'Amico, Henderson, and Lintin), and to replace a resignation from the Res. College Steering Committee (Richardson). In addition, Senate directed the Committee on Committees to solicit faculty to replace a second resignation from the Res. College Steering Committee.

The administration acknowledged these committee appointments.

Faculty Senate recommended that the Task Force on Reallocation of Vacant Faculty Positions and the University Center-Rochester Technology and Distributed Learning Committee be abolished.

The administration acknowledged that these two committee are dead!

Faculty Senate endorsed a recommendation from the Sexual Violence Advisory Committee that those policies currently printed in the Campus Security Report (soon to be available exclusively online) be printed in the next possible WSU Catalog (presumably the 04-06 edition, if in fact the 02-04 is now in print).

It was also noted that it would be in the spirit of the recommendation if WSU officials could find a way of making these policies available in print form to students (and, perhaps more importantly, to parents) in the interim.

Administration Responses:

1. Cal Winbush and Tess Kruger have been assigned to look into this issue, part of the Right to Know issue. Will be reporting back.

2. Can Catalogs and Student Handbooks list these policies?...problem is that these publications only gets updated every two or three years, less often than federal regulations that are often updated annually.

 

Faculty Senate reexamined the Draft Laptop Policy (having learned that the intent of the policy was to make participation mandatory for part-time students). Senators raised a number of questions:

(a) What is the cost, and how many 4-hour blocks of time does it buy?

(b) Will university computer labs (e.g., in Minne) be eliminated or reduced in number after all students are in the laptop program?

(c) How many courses currently *require* laptops for successful completion of the course (not exclusively in the sense of requiring in-classroom use)?

Others made observations:

(a) Imposition of a fee might be seen as a burden for part-time students, and might be a disincentive to some (e.g., older students or townspeople taking a single course) to take courses at all; it would be good if instead it could be presented in a positive light, ('here's what WSU can help you learn to do with this new technology')

(b) It would not be good if the fee for part-time students were so low that it served as an incentive for students to elect part-time rather than full-time status.

Administration Comments:

1. Recommend a pilot program to start in Rochester...to address the "value added" issue for part-time students leasing laptops. This pilot program will go for one year before implementation.

2. Similar comments were obtained from other constituencies.

 

Faculty Senate discussed ITV staffing. Senators asked who would be in charged of ITV? Will there be a Director?

Others raised concerns lest staffing decisions in this area result in savings, but at the cost of less satisfactory service by someone for whom the area is not the primary focus.

In addition, a number of Senators expressed concern about the employment uncertainty that the current ITV staff have experienced in the past few months.

Administration Responses:

1. ITV had two positions. Presently, still two ITV positions: one temporary and one permanent. One of the permanent positions has been re-classified as management analyst 3 (MA-3) and is being searched.

2. The original Director position was deemed insufficient (due to technology changes), so it was replaced with this MA-3 classification.

3. The new MA-3 position contains digital media, which ITV does not have.

4. The new MA-3 position has been posted and will be filled ASAP.

5. The filling of the other staff position will depend on the filling of the MA-3 position.

6. The MA-3 person will also work closely with the E-Learning Director/staff.

Faculty Senators expressed support for the Capital Campaign (and applauded its ambitious scope). On specific items, Senators:

(a) Affirmed that holders of endowed chairs should (of course) be IFO

(b) Asked whether the three fields mentioned in the Scholarship Endowment item were examples only (if not, why were these three singled out)?

(c) Asked whether 'Equipment' was meant to provide leveraged funds

(d) Suggested that Faculty Research grants be considered as an additional category

(e) Suggested that to the 'Incubator' (read 'corporate welfare') category be added 'partnerships with non-profits'; and

(f) Asked about time-lines and the nature of faculty involvement hoped for.

In general, Senators would like more discussion of the individual items as time goes on.

Administration Comments:

1. The list is a wish list. The real first step is a feasibility study done by an external consultant (for confidentiality purposes). The cost is relatively inexpensive compared to the benefits later.

2. The university will then examine the study.

3. Donors usually only want to give to students and faculty, people they have direct connections with. Yes, faculty participation will be expected! (Perhaps training sessions for faculty will be needed.)

 

Faculty Senate endorsed a proposal for the dissolution of the current Global Studies Program Council, replacing it with a Council with exclusively faculty membership.

The administration concurred with the change.

Faculty Senators instructed the FA Meet and Confer reps to ask the administration, in light of the IFO contract's provision that student teaching supervisor assignments be reported to Meet and Confer before they take effect, when the administration plans to bring next Fall's assignments to Meet and Confer.

Administration Responses:

Dean Anderson stated that it's possible to bring a projection list at the end of spring or summer; a final report soon after semester begins in the fall.

Faculty Senate objected to the late notice given about the power outages during Spring Break and the lack of official notice about the precise timing of the faculty exodus from Minne this spring.

Administration Responses:

1. Construction in Minne could begin the Monday after commencement.

2. Minutes from committee meetings were circulated in Minne this year. But who reads minutes! Perhaps a general Email/Memo given to the campus would be useful. At least two e-copies per Minne faculty!

3. Faculty offices in Somsen will be getting new carpets this summer.

Faculty Senate discussed the proliferation of donor-sponsored art on campus. There were two sorts of concern: (a) functional concerns--interior space dedicated to art cannot be used for other purposes; (b) aesthetic concerns--the art sometimes seems to be exhibited in a way that reflects no common theme; sometimes choices of art may be perceived as inappropriate for the setting or less than first-rate.

In light of these concerns, Senate asks what the current policy is regarding what art goes where?

Administration Responses:

1. Will be looking into this issue if faculty are willing to provide input.

2. It's not easy to turn down donors!

 

Stewart Shaw will be retiring at the end of July. The administration explored several options, but all were unacceptable. A national search will begin next fall. In the interim, VP-Richardson will take over most of the duties until a new registrar is on board. The Registrar's office is also being remodeled this summer and a new computer registration system must be in place by Christmas. There will be some shifts of duties in the Registrar's office to defray the workload on VP-Richardson. A senior administrator and a senior personnel in the Registrar's office will be designated as official signature signers.

The administration informed that Dean Gow is heading a project on building a National Center for Prevention of Child Abuse at Winona State University. This project involves the American Prosecutors Research Institute (APRI) proposing an innovative new partnership with WSU. The collaboration will create a curriculum that will better train the social workers, teachers, nurses, psychologists, and law enforcement professionals of tomorrow. Several WSU alumni were contacted in D.C. to help in getting federal support. State funding and WSU Foundation monies are also available. The renovation of the stacks area in old Maxwell is being considered for use by this program.

The administration provided a copy of the NCA interim report.

Everything OK, only progress reports are required:

By 9/1/03, A report on the availability and degree of implementation of direct programmatic based measures of student academic achievement in undergraduate academic majors and graduate programs;

By 12/1/03, A report on the University fiscal audit; and

By 9/1/06, A report on the completion, implementation, and assessment of the University Studies Program.

These progress reports will be discussed during the Leadership Retreat this coming fall.

Electronic portfolios and standard tests could be used as an assessment tools.

Administration would like to work with Deans, Dept. chairs, and faculty (with advisement from Faculty Senate).

Had Open House last week. Many events have been planned for the use of the WSU Leadership Institute. Some of the Covey materials will be retooled for appropriate faculty use. The faculty development committee has been and will be working with the administration to discuss how to bring about greater faculty participation.

A system Email will be forth coming. It will describe summer E-Learning Center workshops/camps. Stipend of $600 (in two installments of $300) is available for each participant.

It's not an all-university committee. Students have been attending. What kind of animal is this? No comment from the administration. D. Bratt will consider/investigate further.

PQI: Reduced teaching load to maintain quality!

D. Bratt described how colleagues from other campuses and this campus are getting burn-outs! Time is running short for us. Encourage the administration to consider PQI.

Administration Responses:

1. Non-class duty days should have been helpful!

2. Could look at a May term in the calendar, used for special courses, field trips, capstone courses, etc.

3. Administrations do more, faculty do more, staff do more!

The "Do More with Less Concept" is every where and is getting worse every day! PQI: just say NO thank you!

The administration described the draft details of a convocation for the beginning non-class duty days during the fall. There will be a nationally known speaker for the students. The faculty/staff procession (in full regalia) will arrive after the speaker. A reception will follow. Faculty/staff without regalia (or don't want to process) will have seats reserved for them in the audience. The procession will be separated by Colleges. 29th of August (Thursday) has been proposed.

Adjourned 4:55 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted,

[Based on the $10,000 St. Cloud rate and the 13 Meet and Confer meetings, this set of notes/minutes is worth $769.23!]

Bill Ng.